Brian Brown, the president of the
National Organization for Marriage (NOM), on Monday condemned passage
of a gay marriage law in Minnesota.

After a roughly 4-hour debate, the
Minnesota Senate followed in the footsteps of the House to approve
the marriage bill. Democratic Governor Mark Dayton is expected to
sign the bill into law on Tuesday.

“Just six months ago advocates of
redefining marriage said that there was no need for the marriage
amendment because Minnesota already had a traditional marriage law on
the books,” Brown
said in a blog post. “Now, they've changed that law and
imposed genderless marriage. Make no mistake, this vote will bring
the demise of the DFL [Democratic] majority and end the careers of
wayward Republicans in the Legislature once voters have their say.”

In rejecting last year's constitutional
amendment which sought to ban gay nuptials, voters were not endorsing
marriage equality, Brown explained.

“The people of Minnesota did not vote
for gay marriage in 2012. They voted to maintain traditional
marriage by maintaining the status quo. Our opponents bought a
victory by claiming that marriage was not under threat of
redefinition, but in fact they always intended to redefine it at the
soonest possible moment. Legislators who voted to redefine marriage
were foolish to do so. They cast a terrible vote that damages
society, tells children they don't deserve a mother and a father, and
brands supporters of traditional marriage as bigots. We predict that
this vote will be career ending for many legislators in Minnesota.”